Jan 5, 2006 - 12:00 am .- An NBC affiliate in Indiana has dropped a new drama, which has Jesus appearing as a recurring character and features a troubled Episcopal priest who is the father of a dysfunctional family. The decision was due to the volume of protests from viewers as well as a pro-family group.

Jan 5, 2006 - 12:00 am .- The U.S. bishops have called on Catholics to stand in solidarity with all migrants, including immigrants, refugees and human trafficking victims. Bishop Gerald Barnes of San Bernardino issued the call for the 25th annual National Migration Week, Jan. 8-14, on behalf of the bishops’ conference.

Jan 5, 2006 - 12:00 am .- In an article published in the Brazilian newspaper Jornal O Sul, a judge in Rio Grande do Sul, Alexandre Mussoi Moreira, noted the absurdity of passing laws that protect turtles under any circumstance, from the laying of their eggs until their natural death as full grown animals, and at the same time passing laws allow abortion for any reason up until the moment of birth.

Jan 5, 2006 - 12:00 am .- The Spanish pro-family group Platform for the Promotion of the Family (PROFAM) has published a set of goals for 2006 in response to the Socialist government’s failure to address family issues in 2005.

Jan 5, 2006 - 12:00 am .- Since his installation as Pope last spring, Benedict XVI has received thousands of visitors and pilgrims each week to hear his audiences and addresses. This morning, he took time to thank and encourage those who make these massive gatherings possible.

Jan 5, 2006 - 12:00 am .- It’s been said that in an era of rampant sexual misunderstanding, the late Pope John Paul II wrote more about true human love and sexuality than all of his predecessors put together. If Chicago’s Cardinal Francis George is correct, Pope Benedict XVI could follow suit in his first encyclical.

Jan 5, 2006 - 12:00 am .- A Chinese Priest, member of the underground church, Father Wang Wenzhi, fifty years old, a priest in the diocese of Yongnian in Hebei., was arrested by Chinese security officials after he finished offering his Mass in a family's private home on December 11, 2005 in Fengfeng City.

Jan 5, 2006 - 12:00 am .- This evening at six o’clock, as a tradition started by Pope Paul VI for the eve of the Solemnity of the Epiphany, Pope Benedict visited the garbage collectors of Rome at Porta Cavallegeri.